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Common FSNP variants of fourteen Bardet-Biedl syndrome genes and adult body mass.
Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) - 1 Aug 2013
Birk Ruth Z, Ermakov Sergey, Livshits Gregory
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a rare monogenic multi-systemic disorder manifesting with marked obesity. Fourteen BBS genes have been identified to date and additional loci are expected. Mutations of several BBS genes were shown to affect fat cell differentiation. The purpose was to Investigate the association between common polymorphisms in all 14 genes as a group and body weight. DESIGN AND METHODS:...
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